<s>
ALPAC	B-General_Concept
(	O
Automatic	B-General_Concept
Language	I-General_Concept
Processing	I-General_Concept
Advisory	I-General_Concept
Committee	I-General_Concept
)	O
was	O
a	O
committee	O
of	O
seven	O
scientists	O
led	O
by	O
John	O
R	O
.	O
Pierce	O
,	O
established	O
in	O
1964	O
by	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
government	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
evaluate	O
the	O
progress	O
in	O
computational	O
linguistics	O
in	O
general	O
and	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
in	O
particular	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
report	O
,	O
issued	O
in	O
1966	O
,	O
gained	O
notoriety	O
for	O
being	O
very	O
skeptical	O
of	O
research	O
done	O
in	O
machine	B-Application
translation	I-Application
so	O
far	O
,	O
and	O
emphasizing	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
basic	O
research	O
in	O
computational	O
linguistics	O
;	O
this	O
eventually	O
caused	O
the	O
U.S.	O
government	O
to	O
reduce	O
its	O
funding	O
of	O
the	O
topic	O
dramatically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ALPAC	B-General_Concept
was	O
set	O
up	O
in	O
April	O
1964	O
with	O
John	O
R	O
.	O
Pierce	O
as	O
the	O
chairman	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ALPAC	B-General_Concept
's	O
final	O
recommendations	O
(	O
p.34	O
)	O
were	O
,	O
therefore	O
,	O
that	O
research	O
should	O
be	O
supported	O
on	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
practical	O
methods	O
for	O
evaluation	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
translations	I-General_Concept
;	O
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